Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-11-22 | Page 2 | Wage-Hour Violators Face Prosecution, Says Director

Wage Hour W age H Ur Violators Vi Face Prosecution Prose tion Says Director WASHINGTON Nov 22 Elmer F. F Andrews said today the wage-hour wage administration soon would start prosecuting prosecuting prosecuting prose prose prose- violators of the fair labor standards act Announcing at a press conference that he had received about 1200 complaints alleging violations Andrews Andrews An An- Andrews drews said We think it Is s time tame to consider very seriously taking some cases to the courts and starting We will pick out some appropriate appropriate appropriate places throughout the country coun coun- try try New New York City for example But we dont don't think it would be fair fairnot fairnot fairnot not to select some sone other cities too We will pick out first the cases where employers say they'll be darned if they'll comply with the act The justice department Andrews said will direct the prosecutions He asserted only about 25 per cent of the complaints he has received look like real complaints under the act the act the rest either do not include enough information or pertain to intrastate commerce Andrews said the administration regarded as most Illegal the practice practice practice tice in some quarters of reducing wages above the statutory 25 cents an hour minimum to that level He added that retail stores could not claim exemption from the act during the Christmas rush on the grounds that they were seasonal industries